Box-fastener



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Box-Fastener;

No. 227,082. I P a tented April 27,1880.

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N-PETERS, PHOTD-LITNOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WENDELIN WEIS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.-

BOX-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,082, dated April 27, 1880. Application filed December 8, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WENDELIN WEIs, of St. Paul, Ramsey county, Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Egg'Oase and other Box Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to fastenings for eggcases and other boxes; and the object of it is to fasten the lids of egg-cases and other boxes in such a way as to acquire greater convenience in opening and closing and more certainty in securing the same, as well as cheapening the cost of fastenings.

To accomplish this I construct a case or box whose cover projects at each end to receive at right angles a wooden piece extending downward a short distance and fitting closely to the ends of the box or case. In the lower edge of each of such extensions is cut the circular aperture, so as to leave a narrow opening thereto, just long enough to admit an oblong button when the length of the button is at right angles to the plane of the lid. This button is in length a little less than the diameter of the aperture, and its ends are shaped to fit the sides thereof. This button is secured to one or both ends of the case or box by a tapbolt, which passes into the case or box through an aperture in the bottom of a deep cylindrical recess in the button. The recess receives a loose spiral spring of metal, fitting closely to its sides and extending from the inside of the head of the tap-bolt to the bottom of the recess in the button.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the end of the case or box with the lid fastened on. Fig. 2 is a view of the recess, aperture, spiral spring, and tap-bolt in position, with half the button cut away. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the button with the tap-bolt set.

In the drawings, A represents any ordinary box, and B its cover. The end pieces, b, of the cover, which come over the sides of the box, have each a circular opening, 0, with aperture or mouth D in the lower edge, and a bevel, d, all around its rim or circumference. I

The button E is considerably longer than wide, and has its ends rounded at 0. It has a central cylindrical recess, J, open at the angles with the top, and thus each will read ily pass into the mouths D of the openings 0 on the end pieces of the cover, and then, by turning the buttons around to or toward a horizontal position, their rounded edges being especially adapted for this purpose, the cover is securely locked in place. The buttons will bind so firmly against the inside edges of O as to draw the cover tightly upon the box.

To remove the cover easy access can be had to the button by means of the bevel on the vedge of O, which will allow the thumb and forefinger to firmly grasp the sides of the button, and when the button is set vertically the cover will be released from the fastening very readily.

It will be obse ved in the construction now shown that when the cover is thus fastened on the box its sides form shoulders or ledges, which will be of very considerable advantage in affording hand-hold in lifting or moving the box.

Having thus described my invention, What I consider new, and desire to secure by Letters' Patent, is 1. The box A, having cover B, provided with circular opening 0, having mouth D on its lower edge and beveled rim d, in combination with the elongated button E, having rounded ends 6, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with box A, having cover B, provided with circular opening 0, having mouth D, all as described, the button E, rounded at e and recessed at J, and having spring K, substantially as and for the purpose described.

' WENDELIN WEIS.

Witnesses:

F. 13. WILDE, W. F. STREET. 

